The Society for the study of flies (Diptera)

Stratiomys potamida by Judy Webb

Newly emerged female reared from a larva collected from fen mud.  I am surprised by the docility of these flies on flowes and also by the loud buzzing noise they make when you actually get hold of one!

Phasia obesa (Tachinidae) by conopid

Near Shrewsbury. One of many hundreds of Phasia pusilla and P obesa present in a set-aside field in August 2006.

Horsefly, Atylotus rusticus by stuart

Male Atylotus rusticus in the net, Pevensey Levels, 28 June 2006. This is an incredibly rare species in the UK with probably no more than a dozen records prior to 2006. On the Dipterists Forum field meeting in Sussex in 2006, we were lucky enough to hit upon a a large scale emergence in progress and many tens of individuals were seen and photographed!

Chironomidae by stuart

Male Chironomidae

Cluster fly by stuart

Pollenia (Calliphoridae) feeding on flowers in Autumn

Micropezid by stuart

Calobata species on a sandy river bank

Heleomyzidae by stuart

A Heleomyzid on a fungus

Bibio by stuart

Male Bibio on a daisy flower

Graphomya by stuart

Female of Graphomya maculata Muscidae on hogweed

Eustelomyia by stuart

A rather smart Anthomyiid associated with solitary hymenoptera